Looking at the size of this lotus grass, compared with the size of the one he saw in his previous life, Mu Lan guessed that this lotus grass had bloomed at least once, and the flowers bloomed very beautifully this time, but the flowers were found and eaten by the frost-winged black ants before they were re-transformed into nutritional supplements, so a large piece was missing in the middle, and there was a decisive evidence for the real piece: the molting of the fallen black ant (this is the proof of the evolution of the frost-winged black ant), although it was very small.

"Hey, you went out and picked up a good thing and came back, lotus grass, it's a pity, if only you could pick a petal, who is so short to gnaw the whole flower! The effect is almost still gnawing like this, is it in a hurry to reincarnate? ”

When I entered the house, it was much warmer than the outside, and after Mu Lan planted it with lotus grass (the pot was big enough), it finally gradually eased up, and at this time it began to tsk again, complaining that the 'people' who gnawed off the flowers were violent and sent heavenly things.

However, Mu Lan keenly grasped the key point in Feng Qing's words: Is the effect of a petal similar to that of a whole flower?

"Hey, wait, who are you fooling when you say that one piece is about the same as one flower? How is that possible, and how would you know? Are you of the same clan? ”

"Hah, what nonsense? Lie to you, is it necessary? What a lie to you. As for why I know, you think that as a natural plant, as one of the kings of plants, there are basically nothing in the world that I don't know, but what you humans have experimented with, and the mess is not in this range. ”

Hearing it say this, Mu Lan felt very credible, but thinking about what he had met before, if those people knew that a petal had the same effect as a whole flower, I don't know if they would vomit to death, and it would be a waste to eat a whole flower.

"But," said the wind again, "I'm talking about a petal that's not quite what humans usually think it means!" ”

Hearing Feng Qing say this, Mu Lan suddenly lowered her head and sighed, enduring and still not holding back.

"The third time, emphasizing, can all the important things be said together? I'm young, so it's okay to have a heart attack like this!? "It's so annoying to talk halfway or something.

"Alright, alright, put away your horrible face, and listen to me! A petal is indeed a petal in shape. The petals of the lotus grass are not double-petaled, but the number of petals of all the lotus grass is thirty-two petals. However, if a simple medicine is added to the lotus grass when the flower of the lotus grass is forming a bud, the lotus grass will automatically grow thirty-three petals, and the extra petal is exactly the same as the thirty-two flowers in terms of efficacy. ”

"Dosing? Adding medicine to lotus grass, which is itself a superb medicinal herb, is it really fake? Mu Lan was skeptical, "What kind of medicine to add?" ”

"Mugwort leaves, or dried mugwort leaves, are just the right amount of no more, no less."

"Is the mugwort you are talking about the kind of mugwort I know?" Mu Lan felt incredulous and couldn't help but ask again.

"That's right, it is the mugwort leaves of the Dragon Boat Festival, especially the mugwort leaves picked on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival."

"Why mugwort?"

"Because it repels insects!"

Mu Lan's eyes are round?

"What do you say, deworming, using mugwort leaves to deworm lotus grass? Did I hear it wrong or did you tease me? ”

"Am I that idle? Originally, the flowers of lotus grass should have 33 petals, but during the budding period, there will be a kind of insect that is invisible to the naked eye, which will burrow into the center of the bud and devour the most tender leaf and lose this leaf. The medicinal effect of the lotus herb is halved. ”

"Why is this almost unknown to now?" Mu Lan muttered to himself.

Without waiting for Mu Lan to figure it out, Feng Qing had already given the answer.

"How can there be so many whys? Do you think that there are a few people in the world who can sign such an ancient contract with the king, and there are still a few lotus plants left in the world, you must know that the whole flower of the lotus grass can no longer bloom as long as it is plucked three times, and at that time there is basically only the effect of medicine. ”

"It's just that you're still lucky, it seems that this lotus grass is the first time to lose the whole flower, and it didn't hurt the roots, but even if you get the petals of the lotus grass now, it's useless, your family is so ......" endured and endured, and the wind was light and still didn't say the poor word.

But even if it didn't say it, Mu Lan was blessed to know what it wanted to say, indeed, now the family is 'poor' in every sense!

just bought a house, and there is a shortage of funds (even if you don't buy a house, you are not rich, at most you are close to the well-off); His brother's qualifications are only C, and his ability expectations are insufficient (I only start to use lotus grass to make up for it now, and I don't know if it's too late), in short, the road ahead is full of difficulties (Mu Lan is not ready to go out on his own).

Here Mu Lan is struggling with the problem of 'poverty' at home, and Shen Shi, who entered the room over there, is also discussing the family's expenses with Mu Yi.

"Recently, the temperature has dropped sharply, and there is not much firewood used to burn the fireplace at home, so I have to buy a car, but recently firewood has become expensive, and we have moved it too quickly, and it will be better if it comes to the beginning of spring next year." Mu Yi grinned.

"This can't be saved, otherwise this winter won't be very good. But don't worry about the firewood in addition, I and my sister-in-law together, prepared a lot of cotton stalks, and changed a lot of mulberry strips from the sixth grandmother, the problem is basically not big, besides, firewood can cost a few dollars, and five silver coins are enough. ”

Shen wiped the water from his hands, and while filling the pot with water, he turned to boil the water.

"The biggest problem in our family now is the problem of going to school!"

"This is only a five-point certainty, no matter how much we worry about it, we can help, I think it's really not good, just look at the third yuan hall where Shoude is in it." In fact, in Mu Yi's opinion, the probability of the two boys going to the county capital is indeed not as good as Mu Shoucai, but compared with the eldest Mu Shoude, it is definitely a cut higher.

Since Mu Shoude can pass the exam of Guò Third Yuan Hall, it will be a piece of cake for the Mu Yuan Mu Ye brothers.

"Say what? Your own son, you don't know the hearts of these two! Now that the sons are pushing themselves to work hard, you are pouring cold water on the side! I sue you, if you dare to say this in front of them, they will not be mad. Shen stuffed a handful of mulberry sticks, saw that the fire was good, pulled Mu Yi over to look at the fire, and came out by himself and began to sweep the floor.

"I'm just going to talk to you, I'm going to hit my own son if it's okay!" The light of the fire in the stove shone on Mu Yi's face, and the shadow was full of shadows.

"Besides, I'm telling the truth, what can I do! Shoude won't talk about it, but the two of us and Shoucai are generally big, when I tested the Yuan sense, although Shoucai failed to rush into the second grade, but he was yes Yes The highest brightness of the C grade, our family, although it is also the C grade, the brightness of the test stone, at best, is average, although it ranks in the top five among the same batch of testers, but ......" Mu Yi wanted to stop talking.